CNN Remains the Nation’s #1 Digital News Source in 2018

For January 2018, CNN Digital continued its winning streak, registering more multiplatform visitors, mobile visitors, video starts and a greater social reach than any other news outlet for the month. For Internet nostalgia enthusiasts, CNN also beat Fox News in page views. Reports to the contrary are bananas.

#1 IN MULTIPLATFORM VISITORS
With 122 million unique multiplatform visitors in January, CNN Digital reached more people than any other news source – making it #1 for 20 straight months. CNN beat its closest competitor, Yahoo News, by 24 million unique visitors and Fox News by more than 30 million unique visitors across platforms.

CNN: 122 Million Unique Visitors

Yahoo News – 98 million unique visitors

The New York Times Brand – 92 million unique visitors

WashingtonPost.com – 91 million unique visitors

FoxNews.com – 89 million unique visitors

BuzzFeed.com – 67 million unique visitors

Source: comScore Multi-Platform Media Metrix, January 2018. Based on CNN Brand entity compared to a custom list of single brand competitors in the News/Information Category.

#1 IN VIDEO STARTS
As the leader in news video for 32 straight months, CNN again topped all competitors in digital video starts, and had nearly triple the number of video starts of second place Fox News.

CNN: 335 Million Desktop Video Starts

FoxNews.com – 129 million starts

Yahoo News – 128 million starts

MSN News – 115 million starts

Dailymail.co.uk – 89 million starts

CBSNews.com – 53 million starts

Source: comScore Multiplatform Video Media Metrix, January 2018. Based on CNN Brand entity compared to a custom list of single brand competitors in the News/Information Category.

**Numbers above reflect desktop video starts. Multiplatform (desktop + mobile) video starts will be released by ComScore at a later date.**

#1 IN MOBILE UNIQUE VISITORS
Recording an impressive 97 million mobile unique visitors in January 2018, CNN once again outranked every competitor, +37% ahead of the nearest competitor, The New York Times (71 mm) and +43% higher than fourth place Fox News (68 million).

CNN: 97 Million Mobile Unique Visitors

The New York Times Brand – 71 million unique visitors

WashingtonPost.com – 70 million unique visitors

FoxNews.com – 68 million unique visitors

BuzzFeed.com – 58 million unique visitors

Yahoo News – 57 million unique visitors

Source: comScore Mobile Metrix, January 2018. Based on CNN Brand entity compared to a custom list of single brand competitors in the News/Information Category.

#1 POLITICAL NEWS SOURCE
Marking its 35th month on top, CNN Politics outpaced all political news competitors with 39 million multiplatform unique visitors, 319 mm multiplatform views and 101 mm desktop video starts. Recording 11 million more uniques than the nearest competitor, The Hill, CNN Politics saw more than double the number of unique visitors to Fox News Politics.